Virginia Democrats have passed a new congressional map that aims to flip four U.S. House seats, but the courts and voters still must have a say before the maps are official
February 20, 2026
States ready to seize Supreme Court redistricting decision amid countdown to midterm elections
February 14, 2026
The electoral system used by many global democracies eliminates gerrymandering and has been shown to give more equal representation to minorities and women.
February 11, 2026
Republicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections
February 03, 2026
Supreme Court lets California use new Democrat-friendly congressional map
February 04, 2026
Two Utah Republican Congress members are asking a federal court to block new U.S. House districts that could help Democrats win a Salt Lake City seat
February 03, 2026
The Supreme Court appears poised to abolish a key part of the Voting Rights Act. It may draw on a constitutional amendment that empowered African Americans.
February 03, 2026
Wes Moore confronts the limits of his own power in a clash with Maryland Democrats
February 01, 2026
Democrat Christian Menefee wins special US House runoff in Texas, shrinking GOP majority even further
January 31, 2026
New York’s congressional redistricting battle is headed back to court
January 26, 2026
A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents
January 21, 2026
A panel of federal judges has sided with California in the fight over a new U.S. House map approved by voters
January 14, 2026
Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year
January 14, 2026
Officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump called for mid-decade redistricting
January 07, 2026
The big story of the upcoming midterm elections will be the fight over which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives during the last half of President Donald Trump's second term in office
December 30, 2025
President Donald Trump visited the eastern North Carolina town of Rocky Mount on Friday, the second time this month he traveled to a presidential battleground state to focus on the economy and affordability concerns
December 19, 2025
The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats
December 15, 2025
Indiana Republican senators turned down President Donald Trump's redistricting proposal this week
December 12, 2025
Democrats celebrated Indiana Republicans refusing to redistrict. They’re still moving ahead with their own push
December 12, 2025
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election
December 11, 2025
Opponents of Missouri’s new congressional map have submitted thousands of petition signatures calling for a statewide vote on the plan backed by President Donald Trump
December 09, 2025
A gerrymandering battle is spreading among states after President Donald Trump pushed for new U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections
December 01, 2025
President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case
December 07, 2025
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December 04, 2025
Indiana House sets up a showdown between Trump and Republican state senators over redistricting
December 05, 2025
A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering
December 04, 2025
In heavily Democratic California, one prominent Republican U.S. House member is considering an audacious maneuver — moving to Texas to run for Congress
December 03, 2025
Republicans in Indiana's House of Representatives have introduced a new congressional map that could net the GOP two more U.S. House seats, sweeping all nine of the state's seats
December 01, 2025
Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat
November 26, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race
November 21, 2025
Federal judges have upheld several U.S. House districts drawn by North Carolina Republicans in 2023
November 21, 2025
When President Donald Trump began an extraordinary campaign this summer pressuring Republican lawmakers to redraw state congressional maps, starting with Texas, some Democrats
November 20, 2025
A U.S. judge issued an unusual dissenting opinion on Wednesday lambasting an earlier ruling that blocked Texas Republicans from using a new congressional map, saying
November 19, 2025
President Donald Trump is finding that redistricting his way to a GOP House majority in next year's midterms is a lot harder than it sounds
November 19, 2025
President Donald Trump continues to call on Indiana lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional boundaries, even as state senators do not have enough votes to do so
November 18, 2025
The leader of the Indiana state Senate, a Republican, has said that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing lack of support from his members
November 14, 2025
The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district
November 14, 2025
Two Democrats are now running in a redrawn Utah congressional district with improved chances for their party
November 13, 2025
Trump administration sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats
November 13, 2025
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